Catch of the Day

The choice is yours...

Justin's carp from the canal....

or Paige's trout from Oakely Reservoir.

A (Cold) Trip to Paradise

The boys went on their annual cast and blast on the Middle Fork of the Salmon. Two words sum up what they told me of the trip - Brrrrrr! and "Click."

Chris, soaking wet, after a close call.

Group photo, including wolf boy. Or should I say "click" boy.

Ghost boat. Hmmm, who "tied" it up?

Not ashamed to use the Barbie pole. Look at that catch!

A big surprise - look at Pete's face! Tad hiked in 11 miles in too small of boots to meet them at Cougar Creek.

Did I mention Brrrrr!

Just to prove to mom that they do brush their teeth, even if it is only at the take out!

They came home empty handed as far as game goes, but they did get plenty of chukar. They ate them along the way. Justin got a shot at an elk, and Monte got several shots and a "click" at a pack of wolves! If you haven't heard the story, I'm sure he'd recap for you, he relives it everynight in his dreams!

Happy Halloween

A quarterback

A CD Burner

Laundry

Not for the faint of heart (or the vegetarians)

That ain't ketchup. Guess what we did today?

Strong wings, this one has


If you are eating Thanksgiving dinner with us this year you may or may not want to be looking at this post.
But, if you're the kind that likes to see where your food has been, now you know.





Paige plucking feathers from a chicken breast. She insisted she did not need to be a part of this. "I don't need to know how to do this, when I grow up my husband will know how to do it!" She cried. Which of course flared up the girl power section of my brain. "Be interesting! Be brave!" I always send back.

Knowledge is power. Even the chicken slaughtering kind of knowledge. Maybe especially this kind of know how. Afterall, that is why we raise chickens, not, like you might think, because Darren and I love saying "Did anybody feed the chickens?" a million times a day!

One last Hurrah

We let the chickens out for one last day of freedom. Yes, they are going the way of the freezer today.

She's only smiling because she won't have to feed them any more. I'm actually going to miss the SOS call of "Chicken Help! Chicken Help!" when they surround her or try to get out.

A boy and his turkey. The turkey gets to stay around a little longer. Maybe because he can fetch, who said turkeys were dumb?

This one is going for a walk. Just kidding, it didn't work out.

Magic Mountain Race

Kimberly Middle School lets 5th graders come to cross country practice, though they can only participate in the home meet. That meet happens to be the toughest one of the year and it draws schools from Hailey to Wells, NV. There were about 70 boys racing this 1.9 mile straight up the ski hill course. Brady, 5th grade, took 14th place with a time of 11:05!

Justin came in 10th with a time of 10:43. That is totally sick if I compare it to my mile pace time, not including the hill climb!

Get a Life!

Justin earned his Life ranking. He also turned his Eagle project proposal in for approval. We adore this kid - where did we get him? We are also very lucky to have amazing leaders in our ward that put in a lot of time and effort providing great experiences for these boys!